As the war in Iraq winds through its fourth year, more and more soldiers and Marines are cycling in and out of that country. It's difficult to find a Marine at Twentynine Palms who has not been there at least once. Many have been there twice or m
Bush administration policymakers and their congressional backers may get some unwelcome news from a new analysis on Iraq that the office of intelligence czar John Negroponte will soon produce. The most recent Iraq NIE, produced two years ago, was gen
German spies hid secret messages in drawings of models wearing the latest fashions in an attempt to outwit Allied censors during World War Two, according to British security service files released.
Thousands of celebrants danced, hugged and cheered as the annual Burning Man counterculture festival climaxed with the traditional torching of its namesake object on the northern Nevada desert.
World-renowned "crocodile hunter" and television environmentalist Steve Irwin has been killed after being stung in the chest by a stingray off northeastern Australia, police said.
The top U.S. point man with North Korea will urge Asian powers to end arms-related trade with Pyongyang as ordered by the U.N. on a tour of the region next week, U.S. officials say.
Insurgents slaughtered 14 Shiite pilgrims from south Asia and more than 20 Iraqis, as President George Bush insisted Iraq was not in the grip of civil war.
British police said they had arrested 16 men in two separate anti-terrorism operations just three weeks after uncovering a suspected plot to bring down U.S.-bound airliners over the Atlantic.
Silver fillings used to patch cavities aren't dangerous even though they expose dental patients to the toxic metal mercury, federal health researchers said.
A HARD-hitting British TV drama that shows President Bush assassinated by a terrorist sniper sparked outrage last night.
The makers of Death Of A President say it is a thought-provoking film designed to promote "legitimate debate" over t
A new, deadly strain of tuberculosis has killed 52 of 53 people infected in the last year in South Africa, the World Health Organization said, calling for improved measures to treat and diagnose the virus. [note: TB is caused by a bacterium, not a vi
'We've been eating these foods for thousands of years, and nobody is getting sick. Why the stringent requirements, then?'" said Assemblyman Van Tran, who proposed the legislation which won overwhelming approval in the state Senate an
Numerous unfounded conspiracy theories about the September 11 attacks continue to circulate, especially on the Internet. Some of the most prevalent myths are: 1)
The United States and Iraq were at odds over the transfer of operational control of Iraq's military to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government, forcing a delay of a handover ceremony.
Your personal liberty and fundamental civil rights are at stake. John Ashcroft, George Bush and Tony Blair have come up with a scheme to cancel all Constitutional guarantees to due process, and to enable the Bush Administration to seize you and send
In Part 3, Leitenberg completes the full riddle inside the enigma within a mystery. It may be that we can trace back the idea of a mobile BW laboratory to Scott Ritter during his tour of duty in Iraq in 1998 with UNSCOM. Ritter was trying to obtain i
Afghanistan’s opium harvest this year has reached the highest levels ever recorded, showing an increase of almost 50 percent from last year, the executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Antonio Maria Costa, said Saturday in
A new videotape has surfaced featuring Osama bin Laden's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and an American member of al Qaeda wanted by the FBI, according to a counterterrorism expert.
The most influential moderate Shia leader in Iraq has abandoned attempts to restrain his followers, admitting that there is nothing he can do to prevent the country sliding towards civil war. Aides say Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani is angry and disa
"If a widespread pattern of [knock-and-announce] violations were shown ...there would be reason for grave concern."—Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. An interactive map of botched SWAT and paramilitary police raids
Investigators across the country are trying new tactics to crack down on the old problem of auto insurance fraud. The tools to combat the crime from health insurance fraud mills in New York to "swoop and squat" schemes in California include
Broadcasters say the hesitancy of some CBS affiliates to air a powerful Sept. 11 documentary next week proves there's been a chilling effect on the First Amendment since federal regulators boosted penalties for television obscenities after Janet
In a finding that could help treat an inherited form of baldness, a research team in Manchester claims to have discovered a protein "code" that instructs cells to sprout hair.
But these examples are few and far between. Most of the country is moving toward more militarization, more aggressive drug policing -- and less accountability when things go wrong.
This is a "mind-boggling concept," exploded Lou Dobbs. It must cause Americans to think our political and academic elites have "gone utterly mad." What had detonated the mild-mannered CNN anchor?
Screening the mental health of children for suicidal tendencies is a noble idea worth pursuing. Yet, when the screening is mandated by the President and is done without the knowledge and consent of parents, an eyebrow should be raised.
Después del circo, maroma y carpa, protagonizado ayer noche en el Congreso de la Unión, solo tengo unas preguntas. Esa manada de enrabiados yaquis con el bacanora rebosando hasta la seña vieja ¿Es la misma desfilando en las filas de los macheteros de
Europe's first spacecraft to the moon ended its three-year mission Sunday with a planned crash, hitting its target after ground controllers had to maneuver it around a looming crater rim.
State Senator Thomas H. Kean Jr., the Republican nominee for US Senate in New Jersey, says he is so frustrated with the Bush adminstration's handling of the war in Iraq that he is pushing for something that few Republicans have supported.